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There are no gender norms surrounding domestic duties such as chores and child rearing. Males and females are equally responsible for these tasks. They may vary their distribution depending of their living circumstances rather than arbitrary factors like gender roles or age etc. Because children or often encouraged to be independent at early age, they tend to take on domestic duties fairly early and/or be responsible for themselves early on. This is made especially easy because the Oan Isles is perfectly safe, everything is conveniently located and technology is widely distributed and readily available to make life easier. This is especially relevant because in most households both parents have to work and thus child rearing is difficult.
==Family planning==
Most Oan people prefer to start families fairly late in life by human standards usually between 30 and 40 and few couples have more that 3 children. People prefer to study at a university or college are take up training in a craft. Then they want to establish their careers and improve their income. Most people also want to enjoy and indulge their hobbies and interests. For this reason, Oan people reserve having children for after their 20s.
Although traditional Oan homes were multi generational, this is no longer feasible for most urban people. People find work opportunities far from their home towns in most cases. Furthermore, the towns they live in tend to be expensive and accommodation is scarce and child expenses are high. Many couples especially queer couples tend to adopt children instead of having their own. Although surrogacy is a viable option, it is expensive. Barriers to having biological children are diminishing as poor women from foreign nations are often hired by middle income to upper income couples to have their children for a fee. Because surrogacy is non-commercial in the Oan Isles, they often have to let the pregnancy play out in that woman's country. There have been reports of babies from foreign nations being stolen or bought from their parents so wealthy Oan couples can have children.
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